Supreme Court blocks workplace vaccine requirements, allows requirement for health-care workers

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46. This is already backfiring on businesses, and will snowball

I personally would have been surprised if the SCOTUS had upheld the mandate, but at this point, it really doesn't matter. Companies that mandate vaccines for their employees already have fewer people out, and fewer people quitting, than the ones that don't.

Something to keep in mind. Since March 2020 when Covid first appeared, the average age of mortality in the US has fallen to 77.2 years from 79.4. In several red states, the mortality has dropped by more than five years. Combine that with the fact that people in red states are on average about five years older than people in blue states, which means that far more people in Red states are now dropping out of the workforce altogether either due to retirement or permanent disability, what you're now seeing is that businesses in most blue states cannot get enough workers to stay operational.

In a way, I almost hope that the Red States do decide to secede. The way things are going now, the cost of keeping Red America functional is higher than the Blue States can afford.